Upon those who step into the same rivers, ever different waters flow.
ποταμοῖσι τοῖσιν αὐτοῖσιν ἐμβαίνουσιν ἕτερα καὶ ἕτερα ὕδατα ἐπιρρεῖ
Philosophers
Heraclitus
Born in Ephesus in Asia Minor around the 6th century BCE, Heraclitus was a pre-Socratic philosopher who proposed the doctrine of universal flux and the concept of logos as the rational principle governing all change. His vision that opposites are interdependent laid the foundations of dialectical thinking. Called 'the Obscure' for his deliberately enigmatic style, he profoundly influenced the Stoics, Hegel, and Nietzsche.
View this figure's profile
Heraclitus's Other Quotes
Related Quotes
All things flow.
-- Heraclitus
We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next ten.
-- Bill Gates
The biggest risk is not taking any risk. In a world that is changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.
-- Mark Zuckerberg
Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.
-- Stephen Hawking
It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is most adaptable to change.
-- Charles Darwin